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Does it counteract a love potion? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antidote

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'potion?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'does it counteract a love' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is present in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
'love' could be 'dote' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'dote' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'i' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for antidote that I've seen before include "simple remedy" , "Counter to a poison" , "It couneracts poison" , "Counter-agent" , "Cure for poison" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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